I totally get YB! I am a big fan of “realistic fiction.” And that’s what I like to write, too. Maybe it’s because my dad was a storyteller. I grew up listening to his stories till two weeks before he passed away. I still choke up when I think of the day he looked at me and said, “No more stories.”

I do enjoy other genres at critique group. But good realistic fiction pulls me in when it’s witten in first person and has a great storytelling voice.

Lucky you, Sarah. I LOVE ghost stories!!! My mom was raised in Mexico and she told us a couple of good ones. And when we visited my uncle in Mex., he’d always have me on the edge of my seat. I love that kind of scary.

Have you written your creepy/ghost stories? I always end up reading scary stories to 5th & 6th graders. They love ’em! And I love to look up and see their eyes wide. One student introduced me to his mom as the ‘scary lady.” LOL!